French Sir Henry Wood: Champion of J.S. Bach

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-78744-495-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 353 Seiten

Sir Henry J. Wood (1869-1944), co-founder and chief conductor of the Proms, is often noted for his championing of the leading composers of the day, including Richard Strauss, Debussy, Rachmaninov, Ravel and Vaughan Williams. He also played pivotal role in advocating and performing the music of J.S. Bach.

Autoren/Hrsg.

French, Hannah

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikinstrumente Instrumentenunterricht & Lernanleitungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Wood's Role in the English Bach Revival
Bach in Pre-Proms England
Wood's Encounter with Bach
Orchestral Bach at the Proms
Wood's Bach Players
Performance Scores
Recordings
An Editorial Project
Orchestral Arrangements
The Cantatas
Passions and the Mass
The Reception of Wood's Bach
Wood's Bach Legacy
Epilogue
Appendix A: The Bach Choir: Performances of Bach's Orchestral works 1884-1944
Appendix B: John Sebastian Bach: The times he lived in, and his life's work
Appendix C: Bach Performances at the Proms 1895-1944
Appendix D: Promenades 1941: nightly attendance and income
Appendix E: Soloists in the Orchestral Suites and Brandenburg Concertos 1895-1944
Appendix F: Members of the New Queen's Hall Orchestra 1928
Appendix G: Wood's predecessors and contemporaries in the field of Bach arrangements and transcriptions
Appendix H: A sample of Bach performances given in 1926
Appendix I: Performances of the Brandenburg Concertos and Orchestral Suites at the Proms 1945-2018
Bibliography